All David Friedman Quotes
The direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.
David Friedman in
War
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Songwriting is the most terrifying thing to me, because you are really laying your heart out there.
David Friedman
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I fought for years and spent a fortune fighting and never got anywhere.
David Friedman
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There is no seam between my songs and myself-they really are me. It's not like I'm performing; I'm just singing stuff that I really believe.
David Friedman
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I'm not totally altruistic. I've always had great career ambitions. But it has to come out in an organic way. If you push yourself out beyond where you are supposed to be, there's this pressure.
David Friedman
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When I got to Broadway, I conducted five Broadway shows.
David Friedman
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I think of my songs as there to be something to move people emotionally.
David Friedman
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I know a lot of people who have tremendous commercial success and they go directly for it. There's something that has always been difficult about that for me.
David Friedman
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My career keeps shifting; I keep doing the next thing and it keeps growing.
David Friedman
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Composition is definitely what I'm born to do, and it came last.
David Friedman
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I have been writing since I was about 20, and at first I wrote in secret and never showed anybody. I was very concerned about making a living, so I conducted.
David Friedman
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I've been doing my big theater projects, which take years, and writing a song here and there.
David Friedman
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I may not be the most famous songwriter in the world, but you know a David Friedman song when you hear it. It took me a long time to appreciate that.
David Friedman
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I wanted to produce Nancy LaMott's albums, so I created my own record company.
David Friedman
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